Gain temperature dependence of erbium-doped silica and fluoride fiber amplifiers in multichannel wavelength-multiplexed transmission systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2083-2090

  Kemtchou, Jasmine ^a   Duhamel, Monique ^a,c,d   Lecoy, Pierre ^a,b,e,f,g,h  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d France Telecom   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g CNET ^*

^h Societe Francaise d'Optique

Author keywords

Cross section; Erbium doped fiber; Fiber amplifier; Fluoride fiber; Silica fiber; Temperature dependence; WDM

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ERBIUM DOPED FLUORIDE FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFFA); ERBIUM DOPED SILICA FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDSFA); GAIN TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031274926     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.641526     Document Type: Article

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